South Koreans Stand In Line To Vote For Presidential Election

Voters register at a polling station in Seoul, Dec. 19, 2012. Polls opened early Wednesday morning in South Korea’s closely contested presidential election, which pits the daughter of a military strongman against a former human rights lawyer once jailed for protesting his rule.

Park Geun-hye, South Korean presidential candidate of the conservative ruling Saenuri Party, casts her ballot at a polling station in Seoul, Dec. 19, 2012.

Moon Jae-in, South Korean presidential candidate of the center-left main opposition Democratic United Party, prepares to cast his ballot with his wife at a polling station in Pusan, Dec. 19, 2012. <Xinhua/Park Jin-hee>